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NCC, Sister Agencies To Strengthen Collaboration With FIRS On Finance Act 2020

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Discussions around areas of collaboration between the agencies of the Federal Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy and the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) in relation to the Finance Act 2020 formed the agenda of an interactive session held recently by an inter-agency committee set up by the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami.

Chaired by the Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Danbatta, the membership of the committee is comprised of the Executive Chairman of FIRS and heads of agencies in the ministry.

The Committee was set up to discuss critical areas of synergy for the implementation of key provisions in the amended Finance Act 2020 as they affect the operations of the agencies in the ministry.

Recall that on December 31, 2020, President Muhammadu Buhari signed the Finance Bill 2020 (now Finance Act) into law.

The new law which introduced over 80 amendments to 14 different laws took effect from January 1, 2021.

DigitalTimesNG understands that some of the amendments have implications for agencies under the ministry, especially regarding the provision of information for tax purposes and deployment of technology for tax operations in the country, among others.

During the interactive session, Danbatta stated that “the objective of the interactive session is to deliberate on areas of collaboration between agencies in the ministry and FIRS for the common good of the economy.”

FIRS Executive Chairman, Muhammad Nami, said: “We have come here to emphasize the need for cooperation and collaboration among the various agencies in terms of revenue generation in order to move the nation forward.”

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Accordingly, heads of agencies in the ministry in attendance at the meeting made their contributions with respect to the implementation of the new finance law.

They are the Post-Master General, Nigeria Postal Service (NIPOST), Dr Ismail Adewusi and the Director-General, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Abdullahi.

Other contributors during the interactive session include the Managing Director, Galaxy Backbone, Prof. Muhammad Abubakar; Managing Director, Nigerian Communications Satellite Limited (NIGCOMSAT), Dr Abimbola Alale; the representative of the Director-General, National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) and Dr Nonye Nwachukwu, Director, Planning, Research and Statistics at the ministry.

Two sub-committees were later formed to deliberate on specific areas that require further dialogue for effective collaboration towards the implementation of the new tax law as it affects agencies under the Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy.

The committees are on FIRS/NIPOST and on FIRS/NITDA and are expected to complete their assignment and make recommendations for consideration by the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy.

#Finance Act 2020 #FIRS #FMoCDE #Nami #NigComSat #NIPOST Danbatta NCC
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